Philosophy
Seven Brief Lessons on Magic
2019·84 pages
A brief philosophical work arguing magic—love, beauty, meaning—is real, and science alone cannot capture life's qualitative mysteries.
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A brief philosophical work arguing magic—love, beauty, meaning—is real, and science alone cannot capture life's qualitative mysteries.
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Is magic real? Could anything be real that can't be quantified or scientifically investigated? Are qualities like love, beauty, and goodness really just about hormones and survival? Are strangely immaterial things, like thought and personhood, fully explainable in scientific terms? Does nature itself have any intrinsic value, mysterious presence, or transcendent horizon? Once we ask these questions, the answer is pretty obvious: of course science can't give us a complete picture of reality. Scie...
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No profanity or strong language
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Religious content
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Theological focus on enchanted creation; Christian and Platonic frameworks
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or spellcasting; magic treated as philosophy
Occult / demonology
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Brief philosophical discussion of animistic and historical magic theories
Political content
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Critique of scientism and modern disenchantment; social-environmental themes
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide content
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